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  • Published
    May 7, 2014

    Pluto’s dwarf planet status controversial

    Columnist Dana Wilde says the change for Pluto upset some and caused confusion, even among scientists.

  • Published
    May 1, 2014

    DANA WILDE: Off Radar

    Sanford Phippen’s new book, “Sturge: A Memoir,” is a collection of letters, articles, journal entries, Internet blogs, photos and recollections of Sturgis Haskins, a native of Down East Maine who left an indelible mark on everyone he met.

  • Published
    April 23, 2014

    Juncos’ return is sure sign of spring

    Dana Wilde writes that they arrive in huge crowds and remind us, as Thoreau wrote, ‘the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos.’

  • Published
    April 15, 2014

    OFF RADAR

    “What You Should Know: A Field Guide to Three Sisters Farm”

  • Published
    April 9, 2014

    Dana Wilde: Signs of spring in sky

    It seems, somehow, only fair that the snowbanks finally start receding after the long, harsh cold and dark.

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  • Published
    April 1, 2014

    DANA WILDE : In Review

    If you want to know what it felt like to be a kid in small-town Maine between Bangor and Ellsworth right after World War II, you should read Bruce Wallace’s “Dedham Days.”

  • Published
    March 26, 2014

    Yes, it’s been cold, but not that cold

    Despite the brutal winter, statistics show that it’s been only slightly colder than normal.

  • Published
    March 18, 2014

    DANA WILDE

    Recent news stories about D.F. Mortland, who died last month at the age of 87, mentioned the great respect people felt for him, but they neglected to indicate he was also a man of letters.

  • Published
    March 12, 2014

    BACKYARD NATURALIST: Grab your binoculars for a look at summer — on Mars

    You can get a pretty good Earth-based look at it in the coming weeks, especially if you have a little backyard telescope or even just binoculars.

  • Published
    March 6, 2014

    DANA WILDE

    'Wayward Shadow,' a new book of poetry by Bruce Holsapple, is well worth a look.